CN, Tundra to build terminal to move Bakken crude

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Canadian National Railway and Tundra Energy Marketing said they will build a crude oil railcar loading terminal near Cromer, Manitoba, to meet the needs of Bakken crude oil producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
The terminal will initially load 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day into railcars - the equivalent of more than 50 tank cars worth - starting in the second quarter of 2013. The facility will have the potential to accommodate a unit train of 100 tank cars, with each train carrying about 60,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Bryan Lankester, president of Tundra, said "This project, combined with 410,000 barrels of oil storage currently under construction at our terminal in Cromer - a six-fold increase in existing capacity - will provide us with access to alternative North American markets for Williston Basin crude oil over CN's network at a time when there is inadequate pipeline takeaway capacity. Our Cromer location at the most easterly point of crude oil production in Canada should provide a market advantage to our crude oil producers and shippers."